私は時勢に遅れないように毎日、新聞を読むことにしている。

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English Translation

I make it a rule to read the newspaper every day lest I should fall behind the times.

Furigana

私(わたし)は時勢(じせい)に遅(おく)れないように毎日(まいにち)、新聞(しんぶん)を読(よ)むことにしている。

Romanji

Watashi wa jisei ni okurenai yōni mainichi, shinbun o yomu koto ni shiteiru.

Words

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

時勢 (じせい)

spirit of the age; trends; conditions

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

遅れる (おくれる)

to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind schedule; to be overdue

様に (ように)

in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something

毎日 (まいにち)

every day

新聞 (しんぶん)

newspaper

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

読む (よむ)

to read; to count; to guess; to predict; to read (someone's thoughts); to see (e.g. into someone's heart); to divine

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to